The 2001 Test

Posted byDamien WalterPosted inWriting & Publishing

How to tell what kind of scifi nerd you are using Stanley Kubrick’s 2001 : A Space Odyssey

MAINSTREAM SCIFI NERD
You think Stanley Kubrick’s 2001 : A Space Odyssey is the greatest scifi movie ever made *because* of the rockets but *despite* the last act which is “indulgent piffle”

ELITE SCIFI NERD
You think Stanley Kubrick’s 2001 : A Space Odyssey is the greatest scifi movie ever made *despite* the rockets and *because* the last act which is “the mind of a genius”

PACIFIST SCIFI NERD
You think Stanley Kubrick’s 2001 : A Space Odyssey is the greatest scifi movie ever made *despite* the duality I have created *because* of the rockets AND the last act

OLD-SKOOL SCIFI NERD
You think Stanley Kubrick’s 2001 : A Space Odyssey is the greatest SCIENCE FICTION movie ever made *despite* me calling it a scifi movie *because* you remember when “SF” was proper “SF” not stuff with space wizards

FAKE SCIFI NERD
You do not think Stanley Kubrick’s 2001 : A Space Odyssey is the greatest scifi movie ever made

PS – extra points for whoever guesses which philosopher I left out of my analysis

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Published by Damien Walter

Writer and storyteller. Contributor to The Guardian, Independent, BBC, Wired, Buzzfeed and Aeon magazine. Special forces librarian (retired). Teaches the Rhetoric of Story to over 35,000 students worldwide.

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